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[highz]

It looks like I'll still be shackled to my job the first week in May. Dang. I was really hoping to get away. This just makes me even more certain I'm going to retire next year. Will you be updating your progress on WtW from the road? If there's a last minute change here and I can get away, I might head northwest and keep an eye out for your rig.

[MarkBC]

It looks like I'll still be shackled to my job the first week in May. Dang. I was really hoping to get away. This just makes me even more certain I'm going to retire next year. Will you be updating your progress on WtW from the road? If there's a last minute change here and I can get away, I might head northwest and keep an eye out for your rig.

Yes -- retire as soon as you can. Is it too late to do so this month?

I will likely post from the road when I have a cell-internet connection (or can leach wifi), but according to T-Mo's coverage map there's a big patch of no T-Mo in central UT south of 70, so hard to say...

My rig is a white F250 Superduty "Supercab" (aka extended cab) with Oregon blue "Pacific Wonderland" plates; Four Wheel Hawk camper with "WTW" stickers on the camper back-window and right-side window.

[ski3pin]

MarkBC, have a great trip, be safe, have lots of adventures! Show us how retirement should be done!

[dsrtrat]

Mark,

I just returned from a week on the AZ strip. Bring some insect repellent as the black flies are out in force in the PJ. They don't bite but can be bothersome. Try to camp where there is a breeze as they are grounded by a stiff wind. The no see um's usually hit in mid to late May, depending on elevation. Have fun.

Dsrtrat

Hey all -
I'm heading out on this trip Saturday (30-Apr) morning. First destination is Fredonia, AZ, where I'll meet Stew at noon on Monday (2-May).
Here's my likely route from Bend, OR to Fredonia -- 908 miles:



(The yellow squares don't mean anything other than what I had to do to force the software to follow the route I wanted.)
I picked this route 'cause it's more-or-less the shortest.
I'll camp Saturday night somewhere in eastern Nevada...not sure where Sunday night. Stew and I plan to head to Toroweap/Tuweep Monday pm.

After a couple of days at Toroweap I'll wander more-or-less north and east in southern Utah for the remainder of my 3-week trip.
Anyone else? Happy trails!
- Mark

[MarkBC]

Mark,
I just returned from a week on the AZ strip. Bring some insect repellent as the black flies are out in force in the PJ. They don't bite but can be bothersome. Try to camp where there is a breeze as they are grounded by a stiff wind. The no see um's usually hit in mid to late May, depending on elevation. Have fun.
Dsrtrat

Thanks for the insects warning, Dsrtrat!
"PJ"? -- what's that? OK: "Pinyon-Juniper"?

The black flies that I'm familiar with (in the northern Cascades) definitely DO bite (taking little bloody bites of flesh), so I guess these must be different -- I'm glad!
I encountered no-see-ums years ago in southern UT, but I was such a newbie that I just ignored them as slightly-annoying gnats...until I woke up the next morning with many bite-welts. I won't make that mistake again!

[Barko1]

In Minnesota we called em "flying teeth"